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USA Volleyball has selected Kansas City, Missouri, to host the 2025 Girls Junior National Championship for the 11-13 age divisions. USA Volleyball announced earlier this year it is splitting the Girls Junior National Championship beginning in 2023 and having one tournament for the 11-13 age divisions and one for 14-17. Kansas City has previously hosted […]
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The NWSL team in Kansas City is called the Current, an apt name for a franchise directing the movement of women’s sports and carving a path for professional teams and destinations with their own ambitions. The proof of that can be found in the team’s recently opened $17 million, privately financed, 17,600-square-foot training center, which […]
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The Big 12 Conference and Kansas City have built a strong relationship when it comes to the conference’s basketball tournaments. The Missouri city has been the site for the men’s basketball tournament since 2010 and with a recent extension, it will remain there until at least 2027. The women’s tournament returned to the area in […]
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The Kansas City Sports Commission and NFL have announced that the 2023 NFL Draft will take place April 27–29, 2023. “This will be one of the biggest and most-anticipated professional sporting events our city has hosted,” says Kathy Nelson, president and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Visit KC. “Not only […]
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Kathy Nelson, the longtime president of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation, will also become the leader of the city’s convention and visitors bureau, Visit KC, effective January 1, 2022. Nelson will lead both organizations after being at the helm of the sports commission for the past 10 years. In her expanded role, she […]
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There are events that any destination would love to host, and then there are events that could transform a destination not only ahead of their arrival but for years to come. The 2026 FIFA World Cup promises to be one of those events and 17 cities throughout the United States are under consideration for 10 […]
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The Big 12 Conference has announced a one-year extension through 2025 with the city of Kansas City, Missouri, to serve as the host site for the Phillips 66 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. Kansas City was the initial host of both championships from 1997–2002, and again in 2005, 2008 and 2010–2012. The men’s postseason event […]
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Sports ETA will cancel its annual in-person symposium that had been planned for Kansas City in August 2020 and launch a virtual month-long series of programming instead. The next in-person symposium will take place April 26–29, 2021, in Birmingham, Alabama. The Kansas City event had initially been planned for April 2020 and was later rescheduled […]
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The Kansas City Sports Commission has formed the Kansas City Esports Coalition with the mission of using gaming for good by developing, advocating and enriching esports culture in the region. The goal is to provide an environment for gamers, entrepreneurs, businesses and educators to connect and exchange ideas plus foster events and cultivate relationships throughout […]
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Being able to have an event that you own outright is even more important during the uncertain times of the coronavirus pandemic, panelists agreed during a Sports ETA webinar on March 27. “We probably had 15 events that were scheduled in the March-April-May time frame,” said Ray Palmer, president of Pensacola Sports. “Five of those […]
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Fraser Bullock was officially named executive chair and president for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City while former Utah Speaker of the House Brad Wilson was named as chief executive officer.
The @MountainWest Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in @VisitMesa, Arizona, May 21–24.
.@usavolleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to operate Destination KP, a new youth sports venue located on Long Island, New York, withTim O’Connell appointed as general manager.
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